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Zorro

(18,703 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:41 PM Mar 2

Trump Goes on Wild Posting Spree to Try to Shift War Blame

Donald Trump played a game of hypotheticals and then thanked himself in the third person as part of an attempt to deflect blame for his strikes on Iran.

During a Truth Social posting spree, Trump, 79, first made a dubious claim about the nuclear deal agreed to under the Obama administration.

“If I didn’t terminate Obama’s horrendous Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA), Iran would have had a Nuclear Weapon three years ago,” he argued. “That was the most dangerous transaction we have ever entered into, and had it been allowed to stand, the World would be an entirely different place right now. You can blame Barack Hussein Obama, and Sleepy Joe Biden.”

He ended the post with an all-caps pat on the back: “THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-goes-on-wild-truth-social-posting-spree-to-try-to-shift-iran-war-blame/

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Trump Goes on Wild Posting Spree to Try to Shift War Blame (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2 OP
Fuck him. TRUMP DID THIS. Case closed. Klarkashton Mar 2 #1
100%. You know people exactly like him in your life. chicoescuela Mar 2 #7
Oh yes, I've known tons of them PatSeg Mar 3 #16
My Dad's bar yankee87 Mar 3 #24
Then you know exactly who I'm talking about PatSeg Mar 3 #33
ding .this . AllaN01Bear Mar 3 #13
"I'm not going to start a war. I'm going to stop wars." - Donald Trump, Nov. 6, 2024 dalton99a Mar 2 #2
It would be a different place alright mvd Mar 2 #3
Trump is quite insane... wcmagumba Mar 2 #4
situation now is normally a time a prez would STFU msongs Mar 2 #5
He doesn't have an off button. sheshe2 Mar 3 #10
The crazy UpInArms Mar 2 #6
"Thank me, thank me" newdeal2 Mar 2 #8
And this is how we know the war is a giant fiasco C_U_L8R Mar 2 #9
He is truly insane. nt Wednesdays Mar 3 #11
How did ripping up the nuclear agreement and pulling out nuclear inspectors from Iran stop Iran from making nukes? SunSeeker Mar 3 #12
He's full of shit. spanone Mar 3 #14
little child rapist Whip-poor-will Mar 3 #15
Hitler commanding armies that exist only in his fevered imagination... Aristus Mar 3 #17
tRump is completely exposed now ecstatic Mar 3 #18
Shithead saw the polls and now trying to deflect blame. Ray Bruns Mar 3 #19
More likely he now knows we only have 7-10 days left womanofthehills Mar 3 #32
The bombings will continue until the Peace Prize is mine. Ol Janx Spirit Mar 3 #20
Wag The Dog usonian Mar 3 #21
I've always believed MW67 Mar 3 #22
I suggest people read the full rant at Daily Beast. JohnnyRingo Mar 3 #23
Smell the desperation. Ugh 58Sunliner Mar 3 #25
#rump's impression of James Austin Johnson is hilarious William Seger Mar 3 #34
He treats us like the little girls he raped purr-rat beauty Mar 3 #26
Raving flop sweat. 58Sunliner Mar 3 #27
"Trump is Tony Soprano without the therapist." sop Mar 3 #28
What a pathetic little goon! -misanthroptimist Mar 3 #29
;-{) Goonch Mar 3 #30
He's freaking out because in 7 to 10 days womanofthehills Mar 3 #31

chicoescuela

(3,088 posts)
7. 100%. You know people exactly like him in your life.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:46 PM
Mar 2

They are always right, never wrong, and always blame someone else when things go wrong. I really dislike all of them. Jfc

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
16. Oh yes, I've known tons of them
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:51 AM
Mar 3

You can find them in the neighborhood bar expounding endlessly on subjects they don't understand. Everything that goes wrong is someone else's fault and their often abused wives keep leaving them.

That is how I picture Trump minus the money, privilege, and power. The tavern blowhard.

yankee87

(2,825 posts)
24. My Dad's bar
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:32 PM
Mar 3

When I worked in my Dad's bar, as these assholes got drunker, they got smarter. (sarc) My Dad, being a good Irish bartender, would calm them down by saying the Mets are better than the Yankees. Bar was in the Bronx.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
33. Then you know exactly who I'm talking about
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:16 PM
Mar 3

As they get drunker, people try to move away from them, except for the poor patron who is broke and needs Mr. Know-it-all to buy him/her a drink and maybe bum a cigarette.

"As these assholes got drunker, they got smarter." Spot-on!

C_U_L8R

(49,396 posts)
9. And this is how we know the war is a giant fiasco
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:53 PM
Mar 2

Trumps grandstanding and deflections. Hegseth’s bullshit and fluffery. Vance’s distancing. Rubio’s fecklessness. Not one of them are capable of speaking straight to the American people because they each have too much to hide. What an utter failure.

SunSeeker

(58,285 posts)
12. How did ripping up the nuclear agreement and pulling out nuclear inspectors from Iran stop Iran from making nukes?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:27 AM
Mar 3

That's like saying pulling security from a department store stopped shoplifting. What an insane thing to say. This is why the 25th Amendment was passed.

ecstatic

(35,075 posts)
18. tRump is completely exposed now
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:57 AM
Mar 3

By bypassing Congress with this illegal war, there's literally nobody else to blame but himself.

I'm sure he understands that now and that's why he's back peddling.

The irony is that his minions would have gladly given him the votes.

Then again, if they gave him the votes, they would definitely lose in the midterms, which would lead to his impeachment.

Catch 22 I guess.

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
32. More likely he now knows we only have 7-10 days left
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:01 PM
Mar 3

Of missile interceptors and then nothing will stop Iran’s gazillion missiles.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,019 posts)
20. The bombings will continue until the Peace Prize is mine.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:04 PM
Mar 3

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

MW67

(171 posts)
22. I've always believed
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:13 PM
Mar 3

The best advice anyone can ever have, Is that what they give out themselves

JohnnyRingo

(20,882 posts)
23. I suggest people read the full rant at Daily Beast.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:32 PM
Mar 3

He really goes off the rails more so than this excerpt reveals.
His full posts can't be cut and pasted here and should be read by every mental heath expert in the country

I'd say from this rant Ukraine needs to find a new friend. They're screwed

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And here I get the impression he has rigged the WH Correspondent dinner with loyal ringers. Maybe a comedy roast from Jared Kushner

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womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
31. He's freaking out because in 7 to 10 days
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:57 PM
Mar 3

Most intercept missiles will be depleted and Iran won’t talk.

How dumb does a president have to be to start a war with only a few weeks of missile interseptors. The US only produces 7/8 THAAD missiles a month???????

So - it can take $30 million for 2 THAAD missiles to take down a $20,000 Iran drone and Iran produces 800 drones a day!!! Trump is too dumb to do his homework - Generals told him not to do this. And we sell Saudi most of the THAAD missiles we make - only keep back a forth what’s produced for US. Can’t make this shit up.

Now we know where all our money is going.

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